Scott Dixon held off the field and used another fuel saving strategy call to win a wild finish at the 40th running of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
After the battle for the win seemed to be coming down to Dixon holding off Josef Newgarden, contact with Colton Herta with less than 10 laps to go knocked him out of the fight. This set up the duel between Herta and Dixon for the trophy. Through the final laps, Herta tried to find his way around the Kiwi, but the result was the same as it has been 56 other times, with Dixon on the top spot of the podium.
“That was tough, that was real tough,” Dixon said in victory lane. “Honestly I didn’t think we were going to make it, they kept giving me a number, and it wasn’t getting (there), it was close. Luckily we were on the safe side.”
It was a duel of competing strategies between Dixon’s No. 9 PNC Bank Honda and those, such as Newgarden and Herta on what was thought to be the winning direction. However, Dixon used incredible fuel saving and held off not one, but two different drivers who had the fuel and fresher tires to press their advantage. Dixon never faltered, and arguably turned in one of the best drives of his career to take his 56th win.
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